The director of one of my all-time favorite game series which was inspired by one of my all-time favorite film series now working on the game series based on another one of my all-time favorite film series? HHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I thought this was pretty good news for a new SW game, but then I connected a few dots in my head and my excitement got slapped.This game is being developed by Visceral with Amy Henning joining the team, sound good BUT it's under the EA banner being worked on around the same time as the new movie. I know it's a bit early to jump to conclusions, but this implies that fairly likely to be a movie tie-in game, and as such its hard to get excited about it despite Hennings pedigree.

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I thought this was pretty good news for a new SW game, but then I connected a few dots in my head and my excitement got slapped.This game is being developed by Visceral with Amy Henning joining the team, sound good BUT it's under the EA banner being worked on around the same time as the new movie. I know it's a bit early to jump to conclusions, but this implies that fairly likely to be a movie tie-in game, and as such its hard to get excited about it despite Hennings pedigree.

I didn't really care for Uncharted though I know many people loved the series. Really, all I want are the classic Star Wars "flight sims" to come back. TIE Fighter, Rogue Squadron, Star Fighter. I loved those games and want to play more like them. Oh, and another good online multiplayer lightsaber game. MTIs, and anything else don't interest me all that much.

I don't imagine it'll be a movie tie-in; they've said they want to go the Arkham route and have big, story-driven experiences like the Batman games. You won't get that with a crappy movie cash-in. I'm still quite optimistic.

I don't imagine it'll be a movie tie-in; they've said they want to go the Arkham route and have big, story-driven experiences like the Batman games. You won't get that with a crappy movie cash-in. I'm still quite optimistic.

That sounds awesome then. I think the Star Wars universe is fantastic so I'm glad it's not focused in or around the movies themselves (for lack of better words, they've been 'done to death').

Really interesting where they're going. While I'm sad that Thrawn won't be a part of the canon now, it doesn't change the fact that the story was awesome.

I'm actually excited here-- this gives them to chance to reboot the storyline and build something really cool that won't have a huge barrier to entry. If only they could have just said 'the prequels aren't canon.' Then we'd be golden.